News and Comment

01 January 2006
Comments News and comment As 2005 drew to a close, the virulent H5N1 strain of avian influenza was reported in poultry in the Crimea peninsula of Ukraine. This was the fourth country in Europe to report bird flu, following outbreaks in October in Romania (dead Mute Swans Cygnus...
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Letters

01 January 2006
Comments Letters I refer to Steve Percival's article on this subject (Percival 2005). By the end of 2004, 16,534 wind turbines were installed in Germany, which provides enormous scope for research on the potential impacts to bird populations. Most of this research has ...
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Recent reports

01 January 1992
Comments News and comment This summary covers the period 8th November to 19th December 1991 These are unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Male, Oxford Island (Co. Armagh), to at least 15th December. Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus White-...
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News and comment

01 January 1992
Comments News and comment Opinions expressed in this feature are not necessarily those of 'British Birds'. Illegal hunting in Italy We have recently received some interesting information from Beverly Lewis, a reader who lives in Bruxelles, concerning European Parliament questio...
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Requests

01 January 1992
Comments Editorials 'Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World'. Corrections are required, for a forthcoming revision of the book by Charles Sibley and Burt Monroe (1990) scheduled for spring 1992. It is requested that all suggested changes, including those where ra...
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